UN aid trucks cross into Syria through Turkey: state media

Twenty aid trucks on Tuesday crossed the Turkish border and headed toward the divided Syrian city of Aleppo after a ceasefire went into effect, state media said, although the UN could not confirm the report.

At least 40 trucks are expected to cross the border by the end of the day, Anadolu said.

No confirmation could be immediately obtained from United Nations officials in Turkey.

Turkey has said it was already making preparations to deliver humanitarian aid to Aleppo, where some 250,000 people in the rebel-held east are under government siege.

A spokesman for the Turkish Red Crescent told AFP the aid group would start sending trucks to Aleppo from Wednesday, in coordination with the UN.

Mustafa Ozbek from Turkey's Humanitarian Aid Foundation (IHH) said the charity had begun dispatching meat to several parts of Syria including the northern city of Idlib, to mark the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha.

"Some 400,000 Syrians will benefit from it," he told AFP.

He could not confirm if the aid also reached Aleppo province, a key flashpoint in the brutal war.

The Syrian regime on Tuesday warned that all aid going to Aleppo, particularly assistance sent by Turkey, must be coordinated with Damascus and the UN.